Vital Statistics Areal extent: 923,770 sq.km.
Population (1999): 113,000,000 [Est.](CIA~)
Population density: 122 per sq. km.
Urban population 1980/1997: 27/41 (WB)*
Population growth 1990-1997: 2.9% p.a. (WB)*
Fertility rate (1995-2000): 6.0 (WRI)**
Life expectancy 1975-1980/1995-2000: 45.0/52.4 (WRI)**
Capital: Abuja
Largest city: Lagos
Population of Lagos Metropolitan area (1996): 10.9 m (Est.)
GNP per capita 1997): $260 (WB*)
* = World Bank
** = World Resources Institute
~ = Central Intelligence Agency
